Clinical Lens and AIP Integration Inventory

EMDR Refresher: From Protocol to Practice

Pilot Reflection Tool — Not a Validated Psychological Measure

Purpose. This inventory explores the clinical assumptions therapists bring into EMDR and how those assumptions may shape case conceptualization, treatment planning, target selection, and target sequencing. It is designed for self-reflection and course discussion—not for diagnosis, credentialing, or determining whether one theoretical orientation is “better” than another.

Participant Instructions

For each pair, assume that both choices could be clinically useful. Select the option you would be more likely to attend to, ask about, or use first.
Choose your natural clinical preference—not the answer you believe an EMDR therapist is expected to select.
Do not choose “both.” The value of the exercise comes from making a preference when both options are reasonable.
Complete the inventory based on your current practice. You will have an opportunity to reflect on how your approach may have changed since learning EMDR.

Name (optional): Date: Years practicing psychotherapy: Years using EMDR:

Reflection Before Scoring

1. Which choices felt immediate or automatic? 2. Which pairs were most difficult to choose between? 3. When you become uncertain in treatment, which type of information do you tend to seek first? 4. How did your approach to understanding clients change after learning EMDR? 5. When selecting a target, what most often determines your first choice? 6. When sequencing targets, what most often causes you to depart from your original plan? 7. Do you primarily use AIP to organize your other clinical knowledge, or do you place EMDR procedures inside your prior theoretical model? Explain.

Score Summary

Your profile is descriptive. Scores show which clinical lens you preferred more often in these forced choices. They do not measure competence, protocol adherence, or the quality of your clinical work.

Discussion Prompts

Where does your strongest lens enhance your EMDR work?
Where might that lens narrow what you notice or lead you to intervene too quickly?
Does your target sequence reflect the organization of the activated memory network, or the priorities of your prior theory?
When the client becomes stuck, which model do you instinctively return to?
What would greater intentional integration look like in your next EMDR case?

This is a pilot reflection tool, not a validated psychological measure. Use the results as a starting point for reflection and discussion.

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